The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, is the story of Victoria -- a young woman who has aged out of the foster care system in San Francisco.
By turns inspiring and depressing, it's a really well written, interesting & moving novel. The title refers to the Victorian practice of assigning meanings / definitions to flowers. (e.g., yellow rose = infidelity, red rose = love, camellia = "my destiny is in your hands") Victoria, the protagonist, is well versed in the language of flowers, and it serves her well.
The author, Diffenbaugh, has since co-founded a non-profit organization (called The Camellia Network) designed to support young adults aging out of the foster system by getting them targeted funding for specific aspirations. It seems pretty interesting.
As a side note, the author's daughter was in my daughter's kindergarten class last year!
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